Consortium

The GI-N2K consortium has been carefully composed bringing together the demanders for and suppliers of the revised BoK (and tools) through the involvement of academic, private and public partners in the domain of GI S&T.

An important strength of the consortium is the involvement of networks and associations in many countries, e.g. Italy (AM/FM Italia), the Netherlands (Geonovum and Stichting Arbeidsmarkt Nederland) and Belgium (AGORIA). The involvement of these partners ensures that the project development and results are endorsed and applied by the wide GI community not only during the project period but also beyond the project period.The project will be developed by the full partners – mainly composed of European Academic Institutions including the European academic network AGILE. The testing and validation of the project outcomes will also involve the associated partners – mainly composed of demanders for a revised BoK who then can help with the further dissemination of the results when successfully applied. An important associated partner is Shell, global group of energy and petrochemicals companies, who will participate in the testing and validation of the revised BoK in support of its own demand for GI professionals. The whole process is being monitored and supported by an Advisory Board composed of representatives of GI communities like Open Geospatial Consortium Europe, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science and the Joint Research Centre of the EC.The approach is unique because the revision of the BoK and the testing and validation will take place within the fold of established and dynamic networks like AGILE, the Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe, EuroGeographics, EUROGI, EUROGEO and others. The consortium has been formed in a way that the required expertise and knowledge is being completely covered. For the revision of the BoK, each of the selected partners has specific competences and experiences so that in the end, all partners are covering all Knowledge Areas of the BoK.The network of networks idea behind GI-N2K is illustrated in the figure below. The revised BoK and tools will be mainly developed by the full partners of the project (1st circle). The project outcomes will be tested, validated and distributed by the associated partners of the project (2nd circle). The 3rd circle of involved entities consists of representatives of different GI communities, who are involved in the project as members of the advisory board. Each of these circles consists of several partners that are participating and/or managing a broad network of relevant stakeholders (4th circle). The ambition of the project is to strengthen existing relationships and build relationships to new stakeholders in order to broaden and strengthen the network of GI S&T stakeholders.

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